Read This Now: The Argonauts
This book is so good you’ll want to read it twice.
Geometries: for Beatrice Straight
A memory of the late Poltergeist and Network actress.
Waggonerfest: the Gospel of Jake
“To me, it was the universe punching me in the face, rebuking me for daring to try and be more than I was, using one of my best friend’s fists as a conduit.”
A Remembrance of Yuletide Past
Sometimes you deserve to get punched, but you get a break because it’s Christmas.
Pushcart Announcement / Salute to Tom Batten
Every year, literary journals have the opportunity to nominate six pieces they have published for a Pushcart Prize. A few months ago, I was like, “Damn,…
The Measuring Hour
Our Aunt Fanny began her measuring, that summer, while dusk stood outside her bedroom windows, preparing to stoop and slide through the screens.
My Bed is a Pool and the Wall’s on Fire: Growing Up in the D.C. Suburbs in the ’00’s
My current sleep cycle found itself the summer I turned 12 in the 1-3 AM block of Kids in the Hall reruns on Comedy Central. If I fell asleep after, I could dream through a few hours of Girls Gone Wild infomercials until early 90’s SNL reruns came on in the morning…
Everyone / Eventually: Seven Circles of Hell in the East Bay (Circle Seven)
The following is the last in a seven-part series about two disastrous years in the author’s life. In this chapter, the author avoids getting into a…
My Layover in the Future
A layover in Philly turns into a reckoning with technology and the future.
Everyone / Eventually: Seven Circles of Hell in the East Bay (Circles Four and Five)
The following is the latest installment in a seven-part essay about two disastrous years of the author’s life. We will be posting a new chapter every…
The Tusk 